Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-11

For 3 lifetime we have advocated
and sometimes pFacticed cooking feed
for stock. particularly hogs; always
practiced making swill," to sour be-
fore fed, when lol now come the agri-
cultural experimental stations of Eve
States TO upset all Of cur oId-time
theories and practices. and to call for
= new departure in feeding. The fol-
lowing article on uneooked food best
for hogs" clipped from the Farmer,
tss. Paul. would seem to be eonclu-
sive:
The solution of the Vexed question
~ 10 the prOhfablenesa Of cooking feed
{ swine has occupied considerable
time AZ the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton. The result Is not q little ast IN
ishieg, viz, that rs Prof. Henry puts
It: We have da q enough before us TO
wsrrant the statement that there 10 q
positive loss In cooking food for fat
tening purposes" The data spoken Of
are the 70 lowing;
In experiments with barley meal, 80
pounds In cooking were lost IN making
100 pounds pork, live weigi {.
A loss Of s. pounds by cooking In
feeding corn meal 10 make 100 pounds
Of pork.
4 loss Of 20 pounds Of corn neal
and shorts In cooking 10 inake 100
pounds.
a loss Of 80 pounds Ga the amount
OF whole corn and shorts 70 make 100
pounds.
At the Ontario Agricultural College
an experiment with peas showed that
Il required 30 pounds more Of cooked
than uncooked 10 make 100 pounds Of
pc K, live weight.
Similar results have ensued IA Kan
sas, Iowa and Maine agricultural col
leges an average In all the expert
meuts showing loss Of some Is pounds
In every 100 pounds Of feed, OF, as PRO-
Henry says, nlan might Just as vel
throw away u pounds from every
hundred pounds Of dry meal, and feed
the balance dry, - 70 cook the full
hundred pounds and then feed II, and
have the fuel and extra labor 10 pay
Tor besides.
A summary Of the experiments is
given a. follows:
kaRIcuLruRAL mxFKRKMKET STATION.
WISCONSIN.
Cooked barley meal a tTialsl
was 10 uncooked as ...... aS.I 70 loo
Cooked corn meal e triAlsl
was 20 uncoohed as .. ST. 70 100
Cooked cornmeal and shorts
q trialsl was 70 uncooked
as ......s..s..s...s... -. l 70 IN
Cooked whole corn and
shorts e trialsl was to I'M
cooked as ....,........... SIS to 100
exTAEIo AoRTcULrURAL COLLEGE.
Cooked peas q trials) were
to uncookod as. .......... SAB 10 10
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Scalded corn and oatmeal
was 90 vet meal Fs.. i0l.T to I0s
KANSAS AGRICULTURAL coLLE0E.
Cooked shelled corn was 10
unlocked as .-.......+... $40 % l0k
IOWA AGRICULTURAL ooILEaE.
Cooked shelIed corn g tn
alsl was 10 uncookeSi as. S2-S 20 l0S
Cooked corn meal q trialsl
vas to uncookei as 49,. S9.S % 10
NAME AGRICULTURAL coLLE0E.
Cooked corn meal @ trialsl
was 60 uncooked - ...... $40 TO 10
The prof, Ssor states his conclusions
IS follows.
Whileunprepsred 20 explain this 10 i
hy cooking 20 the satisfaction of al
| our readers, ge may note the follow
ing; Hogs fed unc0oke1 food do no
consume 50 much IS a rule in q giver
time: A. gain IN weight cOncs from tn
excess Of fssod digeSted above fhatsre
louired for maintenance. then the extEi
ayacun, eon,unled might al 80 TO CIV
Increased weight
Hos, when given dry TODD, consun
| II much more slowly than when vet
/ In eating slowly, there is probably
much larger amount Of saliva mike
With TIE food which may 90 far in sid
ing more complete dieest,oAs
The artificial digestion experiment
| Al the Neg York station. a. lUst guoi
- show that less Of the nitr genou
matter o cooked corameal = dlEesiel
dan % the yneeoked.
Ne have he facts. and have them 1
such shape thai they ran be USED 3
our farmers. Il wIA require ref
research 90 giye the rsaso1s, but !
Iptactice We are certainly warranie
"a NOS cooking food for tatienin
swine.
Further, We urge cur farmers % CIV
nura DRY feed 70 hogs and STOCK ger
orally. Try giving coxnmeai, shorts
bran or barley meal dry In trcagh'
SnpultinR piGnsy q water, Of couFsi
Tins WAy 81 feedlnx Is simpler, ano
heliegs va Be foand he b g WBy "a
lfsadlng ne balk u What b given :